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New health and medicine study results reported from Osaka Prefecture University

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, September 19th, 2010

Data detailed in 'The resident's ridge as an arthroscopic landmark for anatomical femoral tunnel drilling in ACL reconstruction' have been presented. "The purposes of this study were to establish the technique to arthroscopically identify the resident's ridge without bony notchplasty even in patients with chronic ACL insufficiency and to elucidate if the ridge could be used as a landmark for anatomical femoral tunnel for ACL graft. There were 50 consecutive patients undergoing arthroscopic ACL reconstruction," scientists in Osaka, Japan report.

"With the thigh kept horizontal using a leg holder, a meticulous effort was made to find out a linear ridge running...

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